The Weir: A Haunting, Poetic Irish Play

An attractive young woman comes into a Dublin pub, and the local barflies try to impress her with ghostly tales. With a whiff of sexual tension in the air and the wind whistling outside, what starts out as blarney soon turns dark as the tales drift into the realm of the supernatural. And it turns out that the woman has the spookiest story of all. Playwright Conor McPherson (Shining City, The Seafarer) wrote The Weir when he was just 26 years old, capturing the Olivier Award for Best New Play and the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright.

Reviews & Ratings

I felt like I was back in Ireland. The whole pub atmosphere was very authentic! Loved the bantering and bickering. This wonderful Conor McPherson play displays through brilliant dialog the human interaction of of five individuals thrown together on a bitterly cold night sharing for an evening what may well stay hidden in their daily lives. Do yourself a favor and experience an evening in an irish pub through this superbly acted play.

It originally read like it was going to be a lot more haunting. Not really. I initially had a really hard time understanding one of the actors because the Irish accent he had was so strong that I missed most of the dialogue he was...continued

Given the intimacy of the Phoenix Theatre, just two to three rows deep on a horse shoe form, one was drawn into the play in a way not possible when seen through a proscenium arch. As the play...continued

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Off Broadway West Theatre Company was established in 2006 to promote and encourage the continued development of theatre in San Francisco by providing leadership and opportunities for participation, education and sharing the enjoyment of diverse theatre experiences. OBW is committed to producing a minimum of one play per season that has been on Broadway and/or Off Broadway by which connecting the East and West.